Mexico weekly ledger., 1887-01-20


told that Wittrock was not in St,
Louis, took his registered letter out
of the Office and gave it to the writer
of this, who promised to mail the
same to Jefferson City Saturday
which he will The letter is curios-
| ity aud is printed below:
THE LETTERS.
CENTRAL1A, Mo, Jan. 12-DEAR
FRED: 1 thought I would pen you
few lines as have not heard from
you since left Leavenworth, and l
am getting very uneasy about you
and Rose. Now, Fred, just tell
you, I fell dead in love with Rose
myself, although I have as pretty a
wife as any person has in this town.
Oh, low I did envy you when you
said, "Rose, are you sick?' 1t just
| took my appetite all out of me to
hear you call for porterhouse steak,
soup and roast. Rose, it ought to
have been toast. Well, 1 will just
ask you how you like the coal busi-
ness. I know that you are sort of
new hand at the business, and [
think you are stout enough to hold
up about four tons of the stuff on
your hands, with a little more
training. Fred, I told the landlord
that / would be back on the night
of Sunday, the 18th, but 1 didn't
keep my promise with him, for two
reasons, first, my stock of bullion was
running short. Second. 1t began to
blow and turn cold, and I was afraid
my wife would get out Of wood be-
fore I got back, SO / wandered around
to Mrs. Berry's, lady that met at
an old friend of mine in Nashville
her son I had also met at the same
place, but / had never seen her
daughter before. I borrowed some
paper there and wrote letter to
Damsel, telling him that the whole
thing was fooled clean up to 2316
Walnut street. | tried to talk Mrs.
Berry into letting her daughter deliv.
er it for me, telling her that l was q
detective. She said she did not wan!
to get into trouble, so l did not insist
So I started out by myself; got OIL
the car at the depot, and Weaver put
in his appearance at or about 22nd
street; I went to Walnut street and
from there to 2316. The old negro
said Damsel was not at home, te
Weaver we then went down to the
Union Depot, and l gave Weaver
the letter before we got there, telling
|, him to hang to 1T until he found ou
who Damsel was, and then hand it tt
him; it was raining and we kept un
der cover as much as passible; theI
as it was about Wabash time for th,
West, I and Weaver went out of de
pot and got into the smoking Car
meeting with Conductor Church a
: east end of train, and told him that
> was going back with him. Weave
7 and I went in and set down. I eau
: toned him great deal about gettin.
that letter to Damsel. He seemed
weak and nervous at the time and dit
a not want to get out Of the Cal
AS quick as possible I then told hin
to size up every person he met AM
, remember what he said to them. AM
! they to him; he then darted for th
door; I got up and followed him t
. the door; l had told him to take th
+. bridge Car and go home by that; b
had passed it; when I looked out an
saw him coming back he had take
l the letter out of his pocket to max
: sure that he had it. He looked u
J and saw me watching him, and | sa
: that he was coward. He, howeve
J walked rapidly toward where he an
/ had left the Car, and l haven't see
n or heard from him since, and I don
G know whether Damsel got the lett.
+. or not, but ! don't think he di'